DonM
The Industrial Revolution and its consequences
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Words NHL fans need to remove from their vocabulary
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MarkusKetterer
Shoulda got one game in
Brb = be right back
Ftw = for the win (and a few other things)
Although I can’t even remember the last time I’ve used those acronyms
Realgud
Jersey ads are a disgrace
Big McLargehuge
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As a Pirates fan I always hear "baseball trade" when management wants cheap roster players instead of prospects that could actually help a team at some point.
Player-for-player trades are rare enough in the NFL that it really doesn't apply there. I can't tell you the last time the Steelers traded a player for a player in any sort of meaningful manner.
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Big McLargehuge
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ManofSteel55
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Agreed with all but "Franchise Player". That term has been around longer than EA Sports. Where do you think EA got it from?
My selection for these boards is the word "resign", only because it is used instead of re-sign, and it bothers the hell out of me as they have nearly the opposite meaning.
People saying "strawman argument" to try and sound smart while arguing over something.
DonM
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I know what they stand for, they just aren't acronyms. They're initialisms. Just being pedantic for its own sake. This thread seemed like the perfect place for it.
Bounces R Way
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Would also like to see apple in place of assist wiped from memory, though that's more of a player than fan thing.
Play driver - what does this mean exactly and how is it different than play maker?
Play driver - what does this mean exactly and how is it different than play maker?
HugeInTheShire
You may not like me but, I'm Huge in the Shire
I'm aware Franchise was around before but EA beat it into ground to the point I can no longer take it LOL
Re-sign and resign is a top notch catch, should have put it on the list, as it drives me crazy
Hollywood3
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bov
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Celly is up there. Would have go with "goon" at least on this website, people don't seem to know what that means anymore. 99% of the time it's wrongly applied.
"Game management" also seems to be used every time fans are upset with a call now, which is very often.
"Game management" also seems to be used every time fans are upset with a call now, which is very often.
DonM
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I think play driver is just any strong possession player. Nothing really to do with playmaker.
More specific to HFBoards than NHL fans in general, but:
- “If we made player X available 30 teams would be racing to outbid each other for him.” This is pretty much never true, no matter how good the player, due to factors such as the salary cap and team need.
- “Our elite/star player is worth several other elite/star players.” Simple example: Edmonton fans who actually think that McDavid is worth more than one of Hedman, Kucherov, Point, and Sergachev. The gap between top players is nowhere near that large and is often more than made up for by the difference in cap hits.
- “Our impending UFA is worth what he would have been worth if he was signed longterm and we had no reason to move him, simply because we say ‘with extension’ in the trade proposal.” It doesn’t work that way. A player’s willingness to re-sign with his new team can be a factor in making the trade happen in the first place but it doesn’t substantially increase his value.
- “Your team is cap-strapped so you’ll have to sell your top players at pennies on the dollar and pay for other teams to take your quality cap casualties (as opposed to cap dumps.)” This too has been disproven time and time again. Supply and demand, people. Teams aren’t going to pass on improving themselves against all opponents just to stick it to one of them, so if what a team is selling is in short supply and high demand the circumstances of that team will have little to no impact on the price.
- “If we made player X available 30 teams would be racing to outbid each other for him.” This is pretty much never true, no matter how good the player, due to factors such as the salary cap and team need.
- “Our elite/star player is worth several other elite/star players.” Simple example: Edmonton fans who actually think that McDavid is worth more than one of Hedman, Kucherov, Point, and Sergachev. The gap between top players is nowhere near that large and is often more than made up for by the difference in cap hits.
- “Our impending UFA is worth what he would have been worth if he was signed longterm and we had no reason to move him, simply because we say ‘with extension’ in the trade proposal.” It doesn’t work that way. A player’s willingness to re-sign with his new team can be a factor in making the trade happen in the first place but it doesn’t substantially increase his value.
- “Your team is cap-strapped so you’ll have to sell your top players at pennies on the dollar and pay for other teams to take your quality cap casualties (as opposed to cap dumps.)” This too has been disproven time and time again. Supply and demand, people. Teams aren’t going to pass on improving themselves against all opponents just to stick it to one of them, so if what a team is selling is in short supply and high demand the circumstances of that team will have little to no impact on the price.
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DickSmehlik
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"Best of 7" implies that they play a 7 game series regardless...the correct term should be "first to 4".
It's a "word whisker" - a word/sound that people make as time fillers. You would be familiar with other common word whiskers such as "um", "uh", and "like". It's less of a word choice issue and more of a speech issue.
Ted Hoffman
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"Regression to the mean." Every time someone has a good-to-great season and the next season isn't as good, people throw this out as some lazy explanation with zero knowledge of what that phrase really means.
"Game management" is quickly rising up the list. It's the epitome of conformation bias; whatever happens or doesn't happen, oh, look, there's game management again and no one can state what the alleged rules for game management really are.
"Game management" is quickly rising up the list. It's the epitome of conformation bias; whatever happens or doesn't happen, oh, look, there's game management again and no one can state what the alleged rules for game management really are.
Realgud
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As far as I know, "best of 7" is still the proper term but I'm ready to be proven wrong. I just don't see how it implies that all the games will be played.
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Big McLargehuge
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"Move the needle"
Holy f*** do people overuse the shit out of this. Yes I know it's a phrase and not a singular word.
Holy f*** do people overuse the shit out of this. Yes I know it's a phrase and not a singular word.
